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movie review - The Good Thief

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2003.11.15

This is a caper flick starring Nick Nolte. I understand that the man actually took to using heroin to prepare for the roll he had in this movie. I'm not impressed, and I wasn't terribly impressed with this movie either.

It suffered from a bit of the same 'overly clever' writing that all movies in this genre do (see 'Heist' by David Mamet). And it featured a truly ridiculous run of good luck at the casino that in effect saves the day - deus ex machina on film, oh boy.

Not recommended.

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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

—Joseph Heller Catch-22